A new study published by the Archives of Sexual Behavior has found that, when it comes to gay sex, straight guys just can’t get enough.

Researchers spoke to over 24,000 undergraduate students about their same-sex sexual experiences. They found that 1 in 8.5 straight-identifying men have had sex with other men yet don’t consider themselves to be gay or bi.

“Not everybody who has same-sex relationships is secretly gay,” the study’s co-author, Arielle Kuprberg, says. “There was a big disconnect between what people said their sexual orientation was and what their actions were.”

Kuprberg is the director of Undergraduate Studies in Sociology at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and has written extensively on the subject in the past.

So what would compel a straight-identifying guy to hookup with another guy in the first place?

Well, Kuprberg says, there are two reasons: 1. Experimentation, and 2. Performance.

One’s early 20s are all about experimenting and trying new things. For many modern undergrads, that includes trying new things between the sheets.

So called “performative bisexuality” happens when people (usually women) enjoy sexual contact with other women because of the attention that it garners and the arousal that it provokes in others. It’s more about reaction than the actual act, which is why people who experiment with performative bisexuality don’t usually consider themselves to be genuinely gay or bi.

So, there you have it folks, yet another study confirming what we already knew: straight guys are a lot more gay than people give them credit for. Also, sexuality is fluid.

avesraggiana

Juanjo

Back in the late feudal period when I was in college, it was not unusual for a straight guy to take a walk on the wild side before settling in for whatever he was going to do – which back then usually mean marrying some woman, moving to a tract home in the suburbs, raising a couple kids and driving to and from work daily. I had a very amusing time sleeping with straight guys in the dorms, sometimes only once and sometimes several times before they decided to move on. It’s called experimentation.

ingyaom

tricky ricky

going to guys place with beer and getting a b.j. – with me they might have brought beer but it was much, much more. it always amazed them i didn’t pretend to be straight. especially since they wanted to see gay porn.

April 29, 2018 at 2:04am

eeebee333

There’s a difference between enjoyment and desire. I have been with men who consider themselves straight, but who enjoy getting their dicks sucked, regardless of whether it’s a male or female doing it. I don’t consider them bisexual because they don’t desire having sex with a man. Call them open-minded or flexible or just plain horny. But, they are not bisexual.

Dubr1988

B I N G O ! !

May 1, 2018 at 12:05pm

DCguy

This is not the first time that an online poll with “Self Identifying” people was used to try to push the narrative that straight people have gay sex.

This idea the author pushes seems homophobic. It seems to fall along the lines of “Oh, don’t worry there you hetros, you can sleep with all of the same sex people you want, but still don’t have to worry about being one of those horrible lgbts!!!”

Heywood Jablowme

@DCguy/Cam: So you prefer that young people never experiment at all?

April 28, 2018 at 3:04pm

DCguy

Awwww, adorable, I point out the homophobia of telling people they can hae all of the same sex, sex they want and NEVER have to admit to not being straight and you try to pretend the conversation is about not allowing people to experiment.

Translation: You’re defending the closet and didn’t like that I pointed that out.

Heywood Jablowme

“In regards to performance, Metro reports:
“So called ‘performative bisexuality’ happens when people (usually women) enjoy sexual contact with other women because of the attention that it garners and the arousal that it provokes in others. It’s more about reaction than the actual act, which is why people who experiment with performative bisexuality don’t usually consider themselves to be genuinely gay or bi.”

Cylest Brooks

OMG I thought those were your words at first and I was like… come on Heywood!

Honestly, that quote from Metro is pretty far from reality. I agree, it sounds like something Jaxton would say.

April 29, 2018 at 12:04pm

Sam6969

Considering the original source (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10508-018-1194-7) and not the Metro (and therefore Queerty) source, the survey showed 12% of men ,whose last hook-up was with a same-sex partner, identified as straight. It means 12% of 383 men (=46 men) and 25% of 312 women (=78 women) among the 10 000 students…

We are far from the Metro and Queerty article’s assertion: “They found that 1 in 8.5 straight-identifying men have had sex with other men yet don’t consider themselves to be gay or bi.”
It might be true, but that’s not what the survey showed.

PinkoOfTheGange

It is phrased backwards.

It should read: of the men, that reported having relations with other men, 12% identified as straight.

April 29, 2018 at 1:04pm

prarie pup

This isn’t limited to college kids; all young adults experiment. I went into the US Army out of high school and had encounters with numerous guys my age and older, some of whom were married, but considered themselves straight.

Paco

avesraggiana

I would say so. Definitely more accurate.

April 28, 2018 at 5:04pm

tricky ricky

i have never had any fantasies about straight guys. they had fantasies about me. the only time i was ever hit on in a gay bar was by a married guy on an out of town work project. i’m ashamed to admit i let him pick me up. he was older than me and i made great arm candy. we spent a great weekend together. he got to be gay for once in his life and he kissed. the sex was the least of it. he wanted my company and companionship. we went to lake michigan and walked on the frozen beach hand in hand. we went to a winery and did the taste testing and had pie at a diner. it took him a month away from home to get up the courage to do it. he dropped me off at home sunday and flew back home monday. my only one night stand and his only fling. it was nice.

CastleSF

Men who are married to a straight woman but engage in anonymous gay sex are the low of the lowest. They are determined to break everyone’s heart and when their time is running out and forced to get a divorce, they then engineer a glorious come-out party to show courageous they are and how their life is finally on the right track. Life is such an irony sometimes.

April 29, 2018 at 7:04pm

tricky ricky

when i was much younger and oh so cute and adorable i used to get hit on all the time by guys that were “straight”. i was manly enough, nobody would think i was gay and non threatening. if they wanted a walk on the gay side they hit on me.

i never had a one night stand, they always returned. and they brought their own beer. evidently you’re still straight if you don’t kiss despite the fact you have no gag reflex and quite willing to lift your legs to jesus and praise the lord.

Christopher

I have slept with a couple of straight guys in my 20’s and early 30’s. I think it was mostly to (in my case anyway) was for them to knock something off a bucket list over trying to decide if they are gay, straight or bi.